Burbio School Tracker 6/10: Managing Decline
This week we review board meeting discussions at districts facing enrollment declines, different categories of CTE grants, and a targeted example of...
Burbio School Tracker
Our K-12 Spending and Policy insights newsletter highlighting key data points from our proprietary research, covering school funding, budgets, board meetings, strategic plans, enrollment, leadership, and more.
Burbio School Tracker 6/3: Key Administrator Turnover
This week we review an increase in discussions about Federal policies at the school board level, introduce a way to track changes in key district...
Dennis Roche
Jun 3, 2025
School Grants
Burbio School Tracker 5/28: Sweet Spots
This week we review a continued increase in chronic absenteeism discussions, spotlight how industry suppliers can identify school districts at the...
Dennis Roche
May 28, 2025
Burbio School Tracker 5/13: Second Time Around
This week we present analysis of Superintendent turnover by state, AI priorities from district strategic plans, and a snapshot of "second-time" bond...
Dennis Roche
May 13, 2025
School Bonds
Burbio School Tracker 5/6: Preliminaries
This week we present analysis of staffing levels for districts across the country, take a look at preliminary school budgets, and review a market...
Dennis Roche
May 6, 2025
School Grants
Burbio School Tracker 4/29: Exposure
This week we look at the size of the state grant market, school building construction via Burbio's Signal Tracker, and district-level financial...
Dennis Roche
Apr 29, 2025
School Grants
Burbio School Tracker 4/22: Paralyzing Effect
This week we look at the funding at risk in ongoing litigation between the Federal government and states over DEI, school security purchases via our...
Dennis Roche
Apr 22, 2025
School Grants
Burbio School Tracker 4/15: Pull Forward
This week we look at ways to evaluate ESSER III's impact on FY 25 and FY 26 district spending, emerging staffing cuts in districts in multiple...
Dennis Roche
Apr 15, 2025
School Grants
Burbio School Tracker 4/1: Uncertainty
This week we look at discussions about federal funding at the district level, districts discussing new curriculum adoption, districts rolling out...
Dennis Roche
Apr 1, 2025
School Grants
Burbio School Tracker 3/18: District Signals
In this week's Tracker, we introduce an AI-powered discovery tool that provides refined, contextual insights for school district initiatives and...
Dennis Roche
Mar 18, 2025
School Grants
Burbio School Tracker 3/11: School Board Divide
In this week's Tracker we present analysis demonstrating the locale-based differences (City, Suburban, Town, Rural) in school board discussions...
Dennis Roche
Mar 11, 2025
School Grants
Burbio School Tracker 3/4: The Facilities Issue
This week's Tracker is all about facilities and construction across school board meeting minutes, school bonds, and state grants. More below.
Dennis Roche
Mar 4, 2025